For those of you that are interested in a device small enough to go in a pocket or purse the new Galaxy Player 5" looks very interesting. If it is too big they offer a 4" model as well. I have created a Galaxy Player wiki page for the device. I did some measurement and calculations on the screen and figure it is 2.62" wide and 4.35" tall with a 480 x 800 pixel density at 185ppi this could be a wining device for portable reading. It runs Gingerbread and has a GPS with Wi-Fi so it runs Market.

For those of you that are interested in a device small enough to go in a pocket or purse the new Galaxy Player 5" looks very interesting. If it is too big they offer a 4" model as well. I have created a Galaxy Player wiki page for the device. I did some measurement and calculations on the screen and figure it is 2.62" wide and 4.35" tall with a 480 x 800 pixel density at 185ppi this could be a wining device for portable reading. It runs Gingerbread and has a GPS with Wi-Fi so it runs Market.

Dale

Thanks. How do those screen dimensions compare with those of the Sony 350?

I wish it had Galaxy S II specs; but unfortunately, it's using the specs from Samsung's first gen Galaxy phone released 16 months ago. In the rapidly changing world of smartphones and tablets, that makes it nearly obsolete.

I guess it requires massive amounts of time and R&D to remove the 3G radio from a phone and turn it into a media player.

I wish it had Galaxy S II specs; but unfortunately, it's using the specs from Samsung's first gen Galaxy phone released 16 months ago. In the rapidly changing world of smartphones and tablets, that makes it nearly obsolete.

I guess it requires massive amounts of time and R&D to remove the 3G radio from a phone and turn it into a media player.

An iPhone 4 is selling for $650~$750 with no contract. An iPod touch based on the iPhone 4 is going to be very expensive - like $229~$299.

Apple didn't release a new version of the iPod Touch with A5 CPU this year. Another thing, when Apple released the iPod Touch 3G back in 2009, the 8GB version didn't receive a spec bump. Only the more expensive 32GB ($299) and 64GB ($399) models did.

One of the problems with having a dual-core processor is manufacturers won't really be able to skimp on the battery. If they do, then battery life is going to be abysmal.

On further thought though, if the Xiaomi M1 can sell for 2000 Yuan (~US$310) and the Kindle Fire for $200, I don't think a dual-core version of the Samsung Galaxy Player would cost a lot more to manufacture.